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English
Etymology
Related to porphyrin.
Noun
porphin (plural porphins)
- (organic chemistry) A ring or four pyrrole rings linked by methine groups; it is the structure at the centre of hemoglobin, chlorophyll and other porphyrins
Derived terms
Translations
organic compound
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 卟吩 (buk1 fan1)
- Mandarin: 卟吩 (zh) (bǔfēn)
- Czech: porfin m
- Japanese: ポルフィン (porufin)
- Korean: 포르핀 (poreupin)
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